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Moving story of a young girl living through the holocaust.
First came the Nazi invaders...now the Russians! Huddled in the cold, dark cellar of their bombed-out apartment building, Christine and her family listen in fear as the battle rages over their heads. They must get out of the city - but where, and how? "I am fifteen," Chris prays silently, "only fifteen...and I don't want to die!"
Prize-winning true story of teenage heartbreak and heroism during World War II.
Prize-winning true story of teenage heartbreak and heroism during World War II.
Budapest, Hungary: WWII. Christine is only 15 & caught in the middle of a war-torn city. Huddled in the cold, dark cellar of their bonbed-out apt building, Christine & her family listen in fear as the battle rages over their heads. They must get out of the city...but where will they go & how will they escape? Christine is learning some hard lessons about life-and death-as she struggles to stay alive amidst the horrors of war. A true story of heartbreak & heroism.
Christine is only fifteen, and she's caught in the middle of a war-torn city. Huddled in the cold, dark cellar of their bombed-out apartment building, Christine and her family listen in fear as the battle rages over their heads. They must get out of the city---but where will they go and how will they escape? Christine is learning some hard lessons about life--and death--as she sturggles to stay alive amidst the horrors of war.
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From the Back Cover:
BUDAPEST HUNGARY: WORLD WAR II
Christine is only fifteen, and she's caught in the middle of a war-torn city. Huddled in the cold, dark cellar of their bombed-out apartment building, Christine and her family listen in fear as the battle rages over their heads.
They MUST get out of the city--but where will they go and how will they escape? Christine is learning some hard lessons about life---and death---as she struggles to stay alive amidst the horrors of war.
BUDAPEST HUNGARY: WORLD WAR II
Christine is only fifteen, and she's caught in the middle of a war-torn city. Huddled in the cold, dark cellar of their bombed-out apartment building, Christine and her family listen in fear as the battle rages over their heads.
They MUST get out of the city--but where will they go and how will they escape? Christine is learning some hard lessons about life---and death---as she struggles to stay alive amidst the horrors of war.
